redhat speakup distribution and lynx.

[Ed Barnes]

Hi there.
In regard to Lynx and Red Hat you're fine.
You don't need to download an rpm package of Lynx.
If you installed the Speakup modified Red Hat distribution Lynx is on one 
of the cds, sorry I don't remember which one though I've installed it, 
nevertheless just mount the cd-rom and install from there.
I know you just installed so I don't know yur level of familiarity with 
Linux, as a result if any of what follows in my note are things you are 
already aware ofjust know that it wasn't my intent to insult your 
intelligence.
To see what cd has Lynx on it do the following til you find whether it's 
on cd 1, 2, or 3 in the case of 7.3 which is 3 cds as oppposed to 7.2 
which is only 2 not including the source rpms and the docs.
The dollar signs throughout these commands are used to represent the 
prompt on your system and quotes are for emphasis only.
(foo at localhost)
$ "mount /mnt/cdrom"
$ "cd /mnt/cdrom"
You're now at the root directory level of the cd in your cd drive.
$ "cd RedHat"
Note: the r and the h in RedHat are capitalized respectively
$ "cd RPMS"
Note: rpms is written all caps
Now that you are in the RPMS dir of a RedHat cd, do this command.
$ "dir lynx*"
If lynx is there on the cd you just mounted install with.
rpm -i lynx*
I find using the star as a wildcard easier than remembering the numbers 
version numbers of rpm packages though you could write out its fullname 
instad of using the asterisk.
If it was on that cd you're done.
Otherwise repeat procedure using other disks to check for lynx rpm package 
and then install.
Either way, two other things you might like to know are as follows:
To dismount your cd-rom which you mounted above the command is:
umount /mnt/cdrom
After it's unmounted you can eject it with:
eject /mnt/cdrom
If you receive an error telling you that the drive is busy when you try to 
unmount simply change to a dir not on the cd like /home/foo.
I hope this was some assistance and good luck with Linux.
Hope you enjoy using it and discovering all it has to offer as much as I 
have in my two or three months of using it.
Good luck and best regards,
Ed Barnes
edbarnes at anomaly.2y.net

 On 
Fri, 24 May 2002, Nektarios Mallas 
wrote:

> Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 15:04:05 +0300
> From: Nektarios Mallas <nmallas at otenet.gr>
> Reply-To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: redhat speakup distribution and lynx. 
> 
> Hello listers.
> I have just installed the redhat speakup distribution and I can't find the
> lynx browser anywhere on my hard drive.
> Isn't lynx included with the distribution or did i do something wrong? If
> it's not there, can I download any rpm lynx package from the internet?
> 
> Regards.
> Nektarios.
> 
> 
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